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Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on GSN
Host: Chuck Woolery

Yellows: Bestest good friends Chad (unemployed) & Danforth (notary public)

Reds: Best friends Alexis (makeup artist) & Jason (coordinator)

Chad & Danforth's first up with an A. But it's Alexis & Jason with the steal of ALIEN (rather walked into it, actually). Jason alienates a red stopper from the drum. But they get the draw back, because Chad can't spell "really." Alexis spells RULER for 25. And Jason draws another stopper. They get the draw back AGAIN with HELPS. And they get to keep it! For the next word, at least, as Chad & Danforth get on the board with GRAMS, CANON, BUNCH, QUIET, and... that's it. Alexis & Jason tie it with ERUPT, but they Lingo to lead it, 150-100, at the half.

So we go to the Yellows to start round 2. Alexis & Jason steal LABOR, though. They follow with a trip to the MAYOR, and he gives up a stopper. Alexis & Jason get it back with DRIED, and Lingo for the 400-100 lead, yay. Chad & Danforth get NECKS and, uh, one of those things. That would be a ? ball, and that would be a Lingo, giving them 250, but it's not enough. With 400, it's all about Alexis & Jason...

But I wanted to see Chad & Danforth play Bonus Lingo... Oh well. the Reds get three letters, and with those they get LIVED, SLEEP, DREAM, READS, TOPAZ, OBEYS, and ISSUE for seven words and seven bills. It only takes one ball to win $10,000, and it'll happen if the ball says "52" on it. Alexis with the hot hand... Lingo! That's $10,000 right there.

Trato Hecho by Gordon Pepper, GSNN

Air time: 12p ET/11a CT on Univision
Host: Guillermo Huesca

Welcome to the first recapped episode of Trato Hecho. I'll be letting you know what's going on in the show. Though the show is in Spanish, I will be recapping it for you in English.

We start it with a big chest in the middle of the room. Evelia, who is dressed as a punk rock-looking pirate, is selected. She trades her headband for the chest. Does she want that or Curtain #2? Before she makes up her mind, Guillermo selects Victor - another Pirate, telling him that whatever she doesn't get, Victor gets. Victor tells Evelia to go for the curtain, which she does, and gets... a Mad Scientist's Laboratory, complete with laboratory equipment, giant sized toothbrush, and a stuffed cow. As the scientist brushes the stuffed cow with the toothbrush, we are cha-cha-cha-ing to a Chasco!

So the pirate gets the chest. Will he be keeping it or going for the Big Box? Before Victor makes up his mind, Guillermo brings up Erik the soccer player, saying that whatever Victor doesn't want, Erik gets. Victor wants to keep the chest, so Erik gets the box...BUT Guillermo gives him $400 to not go for it. Erik goes for it anyways, and gets...a washer and dryer system worth $1,098! Buen Trato!

But what about Victor and his chest? Guillermo offers him the same $400 to bail out, but Victor wants the chest. What's in the chest? A jar containing False Teeth! Well, it's good if you were living as a pirate back then, but in this case, it's a Chasco. The Pirate leaves without much treasure.

Next up - Hawaiian woman Carmen trades in a lei for $300 - which she can give right back for $300, she could also go for a certificate in his pocket. What would you do? She passes on the curtain, which contains banana shoes (Chasco!) and decides to go for the certificate from Home Depot, which is $900! Buen Trato!

Keeping on the pirate theme, we have Francisco the pirate and Lisette the Pajama Party Girl. Francisco trades his cutlass and Lisette trades a scrunchie from her hair for some Vitacilina (think Vaseline) - or a check. Francisco keeps the check and sends the Vitacilina to Lisette. Will Francisco trade the check for Curtain #3? Yes he will, and he passes up a check worth...$1,000! Ouch. We know that nothing good is going to happen here for Francisco, who gets...the president of Tratolandia - along with a podium and dummy wearing some decent threads. (Chasco!)

Now Lisette can keep the Vitacilina or trade it for Curtain #1 (where the lovely Renita is). The Vitacilina has in it...$100, so Lisette made the right choice as she gets instead - some nice cookware and a stove worth $1,963!

The Gran Trato is over $5,000. Would Lisette trade for it? Yes she will! Would Erik trade for it? Yes he will! We have no pirates at the end, but we do have 3 doors. Lisette selects door #2 and Erik selects door #3. We go to door #1 first, and we show a barbecue and patio furniture set, along with a pair of bicycles for a total of $2,419!

No one won that, so someone won the Gran Trato. It's not Erik, who gets door #3 and $750. Lisette is the big winner, as we see that behind curtain #2 is...carpeting, which would look nice with a new living room set, complete with lamps, tables, and sofa. Total of the Gran Trato? $5,272!

And with that, and after Guillermo trying (and failing) to give out money for items in the audience, we end the first recapped episode of Trato Hecho. See you tomorrow!